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(Redtick Coonhound) The English Coonhound is a breed with a strong, well-proportioned, muscular build. They have a deep chest and their muscles are well-defined. Their loin is comparatively broad and their back is strong and slopes gracefully into the neck. Their broad head features a square-shaped muzzle that is well in proportion to the skull. They have a black nose and their teeth close in a scissors bite. The English Coonhound has a hard, short-haired coat. Coat colors for this breed include blue and white ticked, red and white ticked, tri-colored with ticking, white and black, and red and white. They have a moderately long, high-set tail.
The English Coonhound is an energetic, lively breed. They have incredible stamina and speed, and they are outstanding hunting dogs. As a companion, the English Coonhound is very loyal and devoted to its family. The breed is alert, self-assured, and generally sociable. They are very rarely timid or shy. They are a competitive breed by nature, and while they are almost always good with children, they are often leery of strangers and aggressive towards other dogs. For this reason, the English Coonhound should be socialized at an early age. Because of their propensity to chase after things and follow interesting scents, the English Coonhound shouldn’t be let off its leash in an unsafe area.
The English Coonhound is said to share the same history as all other coonhound breeds. Most coonhounds (with the exception of the Plott Hound) are descendants of the English Foxhound. The English Coonhound was first registered by the UKC under the name “English Fox and Coonhound”. During that time, the breed was heavily used as a fox hunter. Two coonhound breeds within the English Coonhound category, the Redbone and the Black and Tan, were given separate breed status. All other treeing coonhounds were called “English” after the turn of the century. All of these breeds, including the Bluetick Coonhound and the Treeing Walker Coonhound, were considered the same breed. The only characteristic that separated them was the color of their coat. In 1945, dogs with heavily ticked coats were separated from the English Coonhounds, thus the creation of the Bluetick Coonhound breed. In 1946, the tri-colored hounds earned the name “Treeing Walker Coonhounds”. Although red-ticked dogs are most predominate, tri-colored and blue-ticked English Coonhounds still exist.
The short-haired coat of the English Coonhound is easy to groom and maintain. The coat should be brushed with a firm bristle brush and dry shampooed only as necessary. This breed is a moderate shedder.
The English Coonhound is not suitable for life in a small household or apartment. They are a very active breed indoors, and they are happiest with acreage. This breed needs extensive amounts of running on a daily basis. Without sufficient daily exercise, this breed will become destructive. Because of their propensity to chase and follow scents, this breed shouldn’t be kept off a leash.
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We have a Redtick Coonhound that we got from the shelter. He wasn't leash trained when we got him. I recommend getting the Halti lead trainer. It works great and keeps them from pulling. Once they get the command down you can start to slowly wing them off it.
tall lithe female red-tick, Ginger is out of a blu-etick father and a beagle-fox mother
Age :
12 months
Name:
Ginger
Color:
redtick
Description:
born feb 16 2012, out of a beagle-fox mother and a blue-tick father, Ginger has a louder than life voice so you will always know her location in a chase.
Age :
6 months
Name:
Dale
Color:
White, red, black
Description:
We adopted Dale from the SPCA about 3 months ago. He is mostly white with a black and red patch on his eye, black and red spots on his ears and black patch on his back and tail. He seems to be getting new little spot popping up on his whole body as he gets older. He is very lovable and we've socialized him allot since we got him and he is very friendly. He is an awesome guy with lots of energy and LOVES to snuggle!
Age :
5 1/2 months
Name:
Luke (the sweetie) Skywalker
Color:
redtick
Description:
Luke and Best gal Siesta
Age :
5 1/2 months
Name:
Luke (the sweetie) Skywalker
Color:
redtick
Description:
Luke giving the old boy a run for his money- Beez (American Bulldog 9yrs)
Age :
5 1/2 months
Name:
Luke (the sweetie) Skywalker
Color:
redtick
Description:
Luke is an adorable Redtick / Bluetick Coonhound, with a heart and spirit of gold, he is loving, gentle and devoted. Loves his toys, and of course trying to steal everyone elses too.!
Age :
4 years
Name:
Penny
Color:
Red Tick
Description:
Rescue from Arizona Animal Welfare League/SPCA
Age :
6
Name:
Freddy
Color:
Redtick
Description:
Freddy and Bettylou as Hot Dogs!
Age :
6
Name:
Freddy
Color:
Redtick
Description:
I rescued Freddy from the pound and was told he was a foxhound however it's apparent to me now he's a English Coonhound for sure!
He is a real delight.
Age :
3
Name:
Gunnar
Color:
Red-Ticked
Description:
Gunnar is a rescued dog who was in the pound for a very long time. He's a very faithful and good dog. Everybody told me a hound is untrainable off leash. With a lot of patience and work Gunnar is very reliable in the woods or anywhere, they are a very kind and well mannered dog when trained and loved.
Age :
5 months
Name:
Bones
Color:
?????
Description:
I have a coonhound that we got for my son. I need to send in his papers but being our first hunting dog we need to know what color he is or will be.... Help